BR 13★BATS

I read this book "BATS."

Bats is the mammal. And Bats can fly. There is about 30 kinds of the Bats in the Japanese cave. In all of the world, there is about 2,000 kinds of the Bats.

Many kinds of the Bats length is 5~10 centimeters, and be about fifth as large as length if Bats extend wings. The weight of the Bats is about 6 grams. By the kind of the Bats, Bats eat insects and nuts. The dropping of Bats are called "Guano," is important nutritious food for other animals lived in cave.

Bats is Noctural Animal. During the day bats hang on the ceiling of the cave, resting and napping. At nightfull, however, they leave the cave to feed, eat mosquite, moths and other night-flying insects.

Bats can fly by using 'Echlocation'. Bats can fly in the dark freely by emitting Ultra-high frequency sounds. This is known as 'Echolocation.'

Bats hibernate for economizing on energy in the cold season when the number of insects as their feed is decreasing.

I introduce about kinds of the Bats. There are Macroderma gigas, Rousette Bat, Indian Flying Fox, Pteropus poliocephalus, Pteropus rodricensis, Pteropus dasymallus, Pteropus loochoensis, Pteropus pselaphon, Tadarida insignis, Tadarida latouchei, Hipposideros turpis, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum, Rhinolophus cornutus, Rhinolophus cornutus cornutus, Rhinolophus cornutus orii, Rhinolophus pumilus, Rhinolophus pumilus pumilus, Rhinolophus punilus miyakonis, Rhinolophus perditus, Rhinolophus perditus imaizumii, Myotis formosus, Myotis formosus tsuensis, Myotis macrodactylus, Myotis daubentonii, Myotis daubentonii ussuriensis, Myotis mystacinus, Myotis mystacinus gracilis, Myotis pruinosus, Myotis ikonnikovi, Myotis ikonnikovi hosonoi, Myotis ikonnikovi ikonnikovi, Myotis ikonnikovi yesoensis, Myotis ikonnikovi fujiiensis, Myotis ikonnikovi ozensis, Myotis frater, Myotis frater kaguyae, Myotis nattereri, Myotis nattereri bombinus, Myotis yanbarensis, Pipistrellus abramus, Pipistrellus endoi, Pipistrellus savii, Pipistrellus savii velox, Pipistrellus savii coreensis, Pipistrellus sturdeei, Eptesicus nilssonii, Eptesicus nilssonii parvus, Eptesicus japonensis, Nyctalus aviator, Nyctalus furvus, Nyctalus noctura, Vespertilio superans Vespertilio murinus, Barbastella leucomelas, Barbastella leucomelas darjilingensis, Plecotus auritus, Plecotus auritus sacrimontis, Miniopterus fuliginosus, Murina leucogaster, Nurina leucogaster hilgendorti, Murina tenebrosa, and so on.

[333 words/8039 totals]

BR 12★Starfish

I read this book "Starfish."

Starfish has 5 arms or more than. Starfish moves freely by these arms. Starfish has a mouth on the center of the belly. Starfish is predatory animal, and eats the shells and the dead fishes and so on. When Starfish lost the part of the arm by removal, Starfish reclaims.

I examined about the kinds of the Starfish. There are Certonardoa semiregularis, Asterina pectinifera, Acanthaster planci, Astropecpten polyacanthus, Luidia quinaria, Luidia maculata, Plazaster borealis, Asterias amurensis, Coscinasterias, acutispina, Crossaster papposus, Ophioplocus japonicus, and so on.

At Amakusa Island in Kumamoto Prefecture in Japan, there is the eating custom to boil the starfish by salt, and eat the eggs. The taste is plain like a soybean paste of the urchin, and a little bitter.

[128 words/7706 totals]

BR 11★HARRY and the Lady Next Door

I read this book "HARRY and the Lady Next Door". When Harry tries to stop the lady next door from singing too loudly, he gets in trouble! Can Harry solve the neighborhood's problem before he's sent to the doghouse?

Harry was a white dog with black spots. He loved all his neighbors, all except one. He did not love the lady next door. The lady next door loved singing, and her voice was high and loud. When she sang, Harry's ears hurt and almost people ears hurt. She sang higher than the peanut whistle, and louder than the siren on the fire engine, and higher than the cats sang. Harry tried everything to make her stop. He and his friends howled under her window, but it did not do any good. She sang higher and louder than ever. One day Harry's family gave a party, and they invited the lady next door. When she started to sing, Harry disturbed her. So that, the family sent Harry out of the room. When Harry pushed the door open the wind in, and it blew the pages of music off the piano. The page blew out the door and into the garden. Harry caught some of the pages, but he did not bring them back, and he ran away with them.

He ran until he came to a quiet spot. In there, Harry saw cows. They mooed very low notes. He had never heard anything so soft and low. He wished the lady next door would sing like the cows. Suddenly, Harry had an idea. He rounded up all the cows, and took them to his house. They came to Harry's house, and they went on mooing. They all mooed soft and low. The cows mooed for a long time, but it did not do any good. The lady next door sang higher and louder than ever. Harry's family called the man who owned the cows. Harry's first try finished to fail.

The next day, he went for a walk. After he had walked for a long time, he heard a wonderful sound. It was low and lovely. Then Harry saw the big horn in the Firemen's Band. The big horn wasb even softer and lower than cows mooing. He wished the lady next door would sing like the big horn. Suddenly, he had an idea. The next time, Harry caught the leader's stick went into the air, and Harry ran in front of the band. Harry succeeded to take the band in front of the lady's house. The big horn player played even softer and lower than before, but it did not do any good. The lady next door sang higher and louder than ever. Harry's second try finished to fail.

A few nights after that, the family took Harry to the park. They were going to hear the Firemen's Band. The family knew that Harry liked the big horn. But, the band didn't come to there. Instead, a singing contest started in there. There were the lady next door in the singing contest. Harry took one look and ran off. He wished the lady next door would sing soft and low like the cows and the big horn. Then he saw the sound came from inside a watering can. Suddenly, Harry had an idea. He took the handle of the can in his mouth, and he ran with it. He got back to the bandstand. When the lady next door was singing, Harry walked quietly up the stairs and put the watering can on the floor behind her. The lady started to sing a very high note. Then two frogs jumped out of the can. The other ladies in the contest shrieked and ran from the stage. But, the lady next door didn't stop singing. She sang higher and louder than ever. She finished her song, and she won the singing contest so the other ladies in the contest had all gone home. She was admired that she was a brave lady, and she won First Prize. It meant she could study music in a far-off country for a long time. Eventually, Harry was the happiest of all. When Harry went to the ship with the family to see her off, he heard that the ship blew its foghorn just as she sang the first note. It was a deep, low, wonderful sound. Harry heard its sound, and thought it was the most beautiful song he had ever heard.

[763 words/7578 totals]

BR 10★UNCLE ELEPHANT

I read this book "UNCLE ELEPHANT". A little elephant visits his Uncle Elephant, who makes wishes come true, tells amazing stories, and even trumpets the dawn!

A little elephant lived with little elephant's Mother and Father. One day, little elephant's Mother and Father went for a sail in their boat. A little elephant could not go with them, so little elephant had a runny trunk and a sore throat. There was a storm. The did not come back, and Mother and Father were missing at sea. A little elephant was alone. At there, Uncle Elephant came and said to little elephant, "Come and visit me."

A little elephant sat with Uncle Elephant on the train. They looked out of the window with sharing a bag of peanuts. The country rushed past. On the train, Uncle Elephant was trying to count the houses, the fields, and the telephone poles as they go by. But they was difficult to do, so everything was passing too darn fast. Uncle Elephant began to try counting again. They was easier to do, so Uncle Elephant counted the peanut shells.

They came to Uncle Elephant's house. Uncle Elephant took a lamp from the shelf and lit it to have supper. Then, "Hey there!" said a small voice from inside the lamp. A little elephant thought the lamp could talk, and it was a magic lamp. They made wishes. A little elephant wished for an airplane, and for a banana split with ten scoops of ice cream. Uncle Elephant wished for a polka-dot suit with striped pants, and for a box filled with one hundred big cigars. They rubbed the lamp, sat and waited. Then, a little spider crawled out and said, "I wish that you would turn off this lamp and leave me in place. I live in there. It is getting hot." Uncle Elephant made the spider's wish come true. He was happy to turn off the lamp. Uncle Elephant put the lamp back on the shelf, and they ate their supper by the light of the moon.

"VOOMAROOOM!" A little elephant heard a noise outside in the morning. It was a noise that Uncle Elephant trumpeted. Uncle Elephant always welcomed the dawn this way, and every new day deserved a good, loud trumpet. Uncle Elephant said to little elephant, "I have planted all these flowers myself. Come outside and let me introduce you to everyone. Roses, daisies, daffodils and marigolds, I want you to meet my nephew. This garden is my favorite place in the world. It is my own kingdom." A little elephant said to Uncle Elephant, "If this is your kingdom, are you a king? If you are the king, I must be the prince." They made theirselves crowns of flowers, and they were the king and the prince, and they were trumpeting the dawn.

When Uncle Elephant and little elephant went for a walk, Uncle Elephant's some body creaked. They walked slowly home, and Uncle Elephant rested his head on the back of the chair. Uncle Elephant told little elephant a story......

Once there was a King and a Prince. The Prince was brave, and he was young and smart. The King was old, and he had many wrinkles. They lived in a castle at the edge of a woods. One day the King and the Prince went for a walk. They became lost in the woods. They wandered in circles for hour, and they could not find their castle. A lion jumped out at them. They both trumpeted as loudly as they could. The lion was so afraid that every one of his teeth popped out, and he ran away. The Prince tried to look over the tops of the trees to lift up on the King's head. The Prince could see the tower of their castle. And that, was how the King and the Prince helped each other to find their way home.

......Uncle Elephant had ended his story.

There was a picture in Uncle Elephant's living room. The picture was Uncle Elephant was with his mother and father when Uncle Elephant was little elephant's age. A little elephant looked the picture, and he felt sad, and he began to cry. Uncle Elephant began to find some funny clothes, so he would make them smile. In a while, he came out from his closet. He was wearing all of his hats, all of his ties, all of his shirts, all of his pants, and all of his jackets. He was wearing everything on top of everything. Uncle Elephant and little elephant both laughed so hard, they forgot to feel sad.

One day, a telegram came to Uncle Elephant's house. It was from little elephant's mother and father! They had been found and rescued, and they were alive! Uncle Elephant and little elephant danced for joy. They went to little elephant's home at once. They sat on the train, and they looked out of the window. Uncle Elephant was counting something. It was not the houses, the fields, and the telephone poles. It was the days, Uncle Elephant and little elephant spent together. A little elephant could meet his mother and father. That night, Uncle Elephant and little elephant promised to see each other often.

[887 words/6815 totals]

BR 09★MOUSE SOUP

I read this book "MOUSE SOUP". Weasel is ready for his dinner, and poor Mouse is it. Can he stop the weasel from serving up mouse soup for supper?

One day, a mouse sat under tree and he was reading a book. Then, a weasel jumped out and caught the mouse and took the mose home. The weasel was going to make mouse soup. The weasel get home and put the mouse in a cooking pot. Then, the mouse said, "WAIT! This soup will not taste taste good. It has no stories in it. Mouse soup must be mixed with stories to make it taste really good." And the mouse told to the weasel that putting four stories in the soup. Four stories were "BEES AND THE MUD" and "TWO LARGE STONES" and "THE CRICKETS" and "THE THORN BUSH".

The mouse finished telling to the weasel about four stories, and the mouse said to the weasel, "I have told you my stories. They will make your mouse soup taste really good." The weasel said, "All right, but how can I put the stories into the soup?" The mouse said, "That will be easy. Run outside and find a nest of bees, some mud, two large stones, ten crickets, and a thorn bush. Come back and put them all into the soup." The weasel ran outside very fast.

The weasel found a nest of bees, some mud, two large stones, ten crickets, and a thorn bush. But when the weasel came back to his house, he found a surprise. The cooking pot was empty. The mouse hurried to his safe home.

Yes! You are right! The mouse deceived the weasel, and the mouse run away from the weasel. The mouse was very clever.

[292 words/5928 totals]

BR 08★Gulliver's Travels

I read this book "Gulliver's travel."

On a night of november in 1699, Gulliver rides on the ship, but the ship is shipwrecked and drifts ashore in small island that is nothing a map, and he sleeps like dead to lie on the beach for distress. There is country of midget, and midget is 15 centimeters and lives in there "lilipat." Gabbie who is a night-watch comes night patrol, and finds Gulliver, so Gabbie is surprised at and takes to the King.

At the night, in the palace, King Little in Lilipat and King Bombo in neighboring country talkes about engagement to Princess Grolly who is a daughter of the King Little and Prince David who is a son of the King Bombo. At balcony, Princess Grolly and Prince Bombo in love chorus happily with being bathed in moonlight. But, King Little and King Bombo conflict about singing national anthem at wedding, and they don't give up each national anthem, and King Bombo is angry so he is quick-tempered, and King Bombo renounces the engagement, and goes back to declare war on King Little.

Now, at midnight, King Little heard the account of the Gabbie, and King Little orders Gabbie to take Gulliver. Gabbie goes to the seaside to mobilize all the members of the people, and binds hand and foot by thick rope, and hangs Gulliver by the numbers of the cranes, and rides on the big cart and makes to pull by the 100 horses, and carries Gulliver into the castle while one night.

At next day, Gabbie examines Gulliver's things timidly, and then, Gabbie's hand touches pistol in pocket, and the pistol fires by accident. Gulliver wakes up by hearing the sound, King Bombo attacked to command the army ship, is surprised at looking Gulliver, came back.

King Little and people is pleased, makes Gulliver's new cloth with combined efforts, shaves, and makes shoes. At that night, on Gulliver's knee, King Little helds celebration, King Little is merry to dance with Gulliver's finger.

In those days, King Bombo send three spies for kill Gulliver. On the other hand, Prince David sneakes into castle to miss Princess Grolly, but Prince David is found the guard mans, followed, then Gulliver catches up Prince David softly, is met to Princess Grolly.

Presently, King Bombo comes to attack again, but Gulliver shakes arrows, binds the army ships, pull near by seaside. Then, The spies aim at Gulliver by Gulliver's pistol on the cliff. Prince David looked this, jumps the pistol, misses a shot fortunately, and Gulliver is helped, but Prince David falls down cliff, so faints.

Gulliver admonishes King Little and King Bombo to pull together national anthem of the two countries, King Little and King Bombo shakes each hands, and the engagement of the Prince David and Princess Grolly is formed.

Before long, Prince David comes back to life, hugs Princess Grolly on Gulliver's hand. After some weeks, Gulliver rides on a small ship which made with combined efforts by two countries, leaves to home land while chorus of the national anthem.

[523 words/5636 totals]

BR 07★Heidi

I read this book "Heidi."

Heidi lost her parents so Heidi was a little girl when Heidi was five years old. Heidi was grown Dete so far. So Dete became to work in Frankfurt, Heidi was adopted Alm-Onji who lived by himself at a hut in Alm where was Heidi's hometown. At Heidi's first night in the Alps, the stars twinkled.

Next morning, Heidi went up the mountain with Peter who was a goatherd boy. Heidi heard that Peter's Aunt lived very poor hut, and she cannot see, so Heidi was very sad, and Heidi asked Alm-Onji to have the hut repaired cleanly.

From then on, after three years, in spring, Dete came to Alm, Sesemann who was the house of the rich found a partner of the Sesemann's only daughter, so Dete introduced Heidi to Sesemann. Heidi reluctanted, but Heidi was obliged to accept by Dete's persuasion. Clara was the Sesemann's only daughter, and Clara had feeble body and she was lame in the lags and ridden on the wheelchair. Generally, the rich's daughter was selfish, but Clara was not a selfish girl, so Clara became to be friend with Heidi soon. At first, Heidi played enjoyful, but Heidi became to miss Alps little by little, Heidi became to sick at last. The Sesemann sent Heidi to Alps, and Sesemann persuaded Clara gentry so Clara was sad, "If you love Heidi really, the best thing is Heidi sends her home."

Heidi went home to Alps, and Heidi became to be good health. In one summer, a wonderful visitor came to Heidi. Clara came there. Clara became to gush her will to want walk, so Clara took the influence to her body by the nature in Alps. Heidi encouraged Clara, "Clara, you will be able to walk!!!" At last, Clara won the long and hard fight.

It finished summer, when Sesemann and Clara's Aunt came Clara, they saw Clara had been able to walk on the ground, and they think, "This walking girl would be my daughter whose face was pale and ridden on the wheelchair!!!" They had nothing word, so they did nothing but hug Clara. And Heidi had been waving Clara who went down the mountain for a long time.

[382 words/5113 totals]